The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-09
Local and State Notes.

President Mackey, of the Evansville & Terre
Haute road, has ordered six frst-class engines
built for the roads under his control.
Hereafter all the general passenger agents of
the roads in the Vanderbilt system, including
the Bee-line. will hold meetings for conference
monthly.
The receipts from sales of tickets in the m ont
of May at the Union Depot this year were near
ly 800 900 in excess of those of the corresponding
month 1856.
The project of building a road from Anderson
to Rushville to connect the Cincinnati Wabash
& Michigan with the G., H. & 1. has been asan-
doned, at least for the time being.
W. R. Woodward, superintendent of the L.,
Y. A. & c. road, Is spending few days at
French Lick Springs. He is still too weak to
attend to his official duties, but he keeps an eye
matters
r. D. Hughes, general Western superintendent
of the American Express Company, spent yes
terday in the city. This company is figuring to
get their messengers on to one of the roads out
of here over which they operated in former
years.
The resumption of amicable relations between
the Pennsylvania and the l., B. & w. lines says
the Cleveland Leader, is attributed the al
lance between Presidents Roberts and Corbiu
for the management of affairs in the Reading
territory
There was a largely attended meeting in Chi
eago yesterday of general freight agents of In
diana and Ohio roads to take some action look
ing to a harmonizing and better regulation of
coal rates from the mines in the two States
named to the markets.
The railroad earnings for May, as they come
in. are showing handsome gains over the CORE
spending month last year. The Wabash proper
comes up with 1873. 900 increase; the L., N. A. &
G. with some ST., 900; the Lake Erie & Western
with 500. 500 and the c., III. & d. with some
1000.
The c.. H. e. D. people have been endeavoring
for couple of days past, to secure one OF the
wires between Cincinnati and St. Louis for in
dependent use, but the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, fearing that the Baltimore s.
Ohio telegraph are behind the attempt, are op-
posing it.
The increase of business over the Lake Erie
& Western (old l., p & c. during the last ten
days shows that the management is the
alert Both the passenger and freight traffic de-
partments show steadily increasing earnings
from week to week the corresponding
period last year.
The Lake Shore and the Michigan Central at
ali points on their western division, where prac-
tcaI. are consolidating their agencies. One
further step of economy is contemplated, the
making of one travelling passenger agent do the
work for both interests
Excursion rates have been arranged with the
l., B. q w. for all who wish to attend the Wa
bash College commencement, at Charlottesville
next week. Tickets, at 81 rs, will be good going
on morning trains and returning on or before
Thursday, June 16. Like rates are announced
for points between Danville and Indianapolis to
Charlottesville and return.
The Potter-Stevens syndicate has been in Ev-
ansville looked matters over, and still no one
but themselves seems to know whether thew will
give Macksy his price for the roads under his
control which they want namely: The Evans
vile q Terre Haute and the Evansville & In
dianapol.s. President Mackey shows no dispo-
sition to take less than his first offer.
The general managers of the Fitchburg. the
West Shore, the Grand Trunk and the Wabash
held meeting in Chicago Tuesday to con-
slider the affairs of the Hoosac Tunnel line
Their main purpose was to what could / o
done to strengthen the line and to decide over
what road the line should reach Indianapolis,
Louisville, and several other railroad centers in
the Southwest
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has pur-
chased the franchise of company organized
some years ago to build a railroad from Norris
town to Morrisville. II the road Ia constructed
it will make short route. in colnectiou with
the Chester Valley road, which the Pennsylvania
people recently acquired and will be used spe-
cially in moving freight more expeditiously from
the West to the seaboard
A number of the travelling passenger agents
are arranging their affairs to attend the annual
meeting of the Travelling Passenger Agents AS
ISOLATION, which convenes at Old Point Comfort
On Tuesday next. The friends of Col William
Shaw propose run him for president of the
association is likely to lose quite large per cent
Of its membership, the Colonels friends are
still sore over the result of the last election.
John Egan, general passenger agent of the c.,
states that the officials of the big Four" are not
worried over the new railroad deals. Whenever
he trains of the O., l., St L. & G. cannot run |
INTO St Louis over the Vandalia, there is an
'ther route open to them. The company now |
las 81, SOC. 900 in cash, which is drawing per |
.ent interest Both the passenger and freight |
earnings are showing from week to week a hand |
some increase over the earnings OF the CORE |
ponding periods last year The road bed and /
equipment are steadily being put into better
ST. L. & {. has nothing to be disturbed over.